IZA Discussion Papers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3391

Geography vs. Institutions at the Village Level

published as 'Migration pressure, tenure security and agricultural intensification. Evidence from Indonesia' in: Land Economics, 2015, 91 (3), 411-434.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3381

A Theory of Efficiency Wage with Multiple Unemployment Equilibria: How a Higher Minimum Wage Law Can Curb Unemployment

Kaushik Basu, Amanda J. Felkey

published in: Oxford Economic Papers, 2009, 61 (3), 494-516

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3347

Impact of Reforms on Plant-Level Productivity and Technical Efficiency: Evidence from the Indian Manufacturing Sector

Sumon K. Bhaumik, Subal C. Kumbhakar

published in: Journal of Asian Economics, 21(2): 219-232, 2010

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3179

Does It Pay Firms to Register for Taxes? The Impact of Formality on Firm Profitability

David McKenzie, Yaye Seynabou Sakho

published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2010, 91(1), 15-24

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3173

Surveying Migrant Households: A Comparison of Census-Based, Snowball, and Intercept Point Surveys

David McKenzie, Johan Mistiaen

published in: Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series A (Statistics in Society), 2009, 172 (2), 339-360

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3097

Africa’s Education Enigma? The Nigerian Story

Ruth Uwaifo Oyelere

published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2010, 91 (1), 128-139

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3059

Where Are the Real Bottlenecks? Evidence from 20,000 Firms in 60 Countries about the Shadow Costs of Constraints to Firm Performance

Wendy Carlin, Mark E Schaffer, Paul Seabright

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3032

Large Panels with Common Factors and Spatial Correlations

M. Hashem Pesaran, Elisa Tosetti

published in: Journal of Econometrics, 2011, 161 (2), 182-202

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3027

Is Child Labor Harmful? The Impact of Working Earlier in Life on Adult Earnings

Patrick M. Emerson, André Portela Souza

published in: Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2011, 59 (2), 345 - 385

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3002

A Theory of Employment Guarantees: Contestability, Credibility and Distributional Concerns

Arnab K. Basu, Nancy H. Chau, Ravi Kanbur

published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2009, 93 (3-4), 482-497

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2951

Health and Civil War in Rural Burundi

Tom Bundervoet, Philip Verwimp, Richard Akresh

published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2009, 44(2), 536-563

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2948

A Profile of the World's Young Developing Country Migrants

David McKenzie

published as 'A Profile of the World's Young Developing Country International Migrants' in: Population and Development Review, 2008, 34 (1), 115 - 135

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2934

Returns to Capital in Microenterprises: Evidence from a Field Experiment

Suresh de Mel, David McKenzie, Christopher Woodruff

published in: Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2008, 123 (4), 1329-1372

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2914

Spending to Save? State Health Expenditure and Infant Mortality in India

Sonia R. Bhalotra

published in: Health Economics, 2007, 16 (9), 911-928

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2913

Trade, Quality Upgrading and Wage Inequality in the Mexican Manufacturing Sector

Eric Verhoogen

published in: Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2008, 123 (2), 489-530